Chicago restaurant, Alinea named as the Best in the World:

Back to: Home > Chicago restaurant, Alinea named as the Best in the World March 31, 2014 - Grant Achatzâ€™s Alinea restaurant, which offers a spectacular eighteen course tasting menu, finished ahead of world famous restaurants from across the globe to claim the title of the best restaurant in the world. Alinea was joined by fellow Chicago-based restaurant L20 on the list which finished at number 62 in the Elite 100 Restaurants 2014. In terms of countries, the USA also impresses by sitting in joint second alongside the UK (with 12 restaurants), behind only France which has 17 restaurants on the list. On Alinea being named as the best restaurant in the world, a delighted Grant Achatz said: â€œItâ€™s always nice to be recognized by your industry or your guests at the restaurant. Itâ€™s always good for morale at the restaurant. â€œAlthough we canâ€™t base our existence on acco...